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No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
